Symantec Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Quick pace work, good price stock (at that time)."

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"Good stock options."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"Countless overtime."

"They have many of the problems big companies deal with."

"I was a little disappointed with their lack of help from the overall company for adoption resources."

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"I became friends with many of my coworkers and enjoyed having conversations with them."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"I was not able to get back into IT work with them. I have been wanting to get back into it for several years."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Some of the financial decisions did not make sense to us. It might have been better if they would have given us an explanation."

"Nice place to work, fast paced enviroment."

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"The people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It definitely is a fast paced enviroment."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"I enjoyed everything about Veritas."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work."

"Nice place for the past 10 years."

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"People."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"Nothing."

"Company needs some internal reworking."

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"For quite awhile it had a great work atmosphere. In the last 2 years it fell flat on its face making it just the opposite."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Think long and hard at this time. Maybe 6 mos to a year try again."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"Sr management made it an impossible place to do a professional job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Clean house of senio staff and bring in new VP's. Directors and CIO."

"Good place to work."

"Awesome."

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"Fun."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"Travel."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Relax."

"There was a difficult CEO at the time."

"Is a good place to work but I am looking for a Company which bring me more professional growth oportunities"

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"They bring me the opportunity to develop as a professional and increase my experience in a good work environment."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The Company has welding inspectors and NDT personnel with a good reputation because they keep their training updated."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"Balance between work and personal life is not an important thing to take into account by the Company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Work as a team with their staff in charge and promote an proactive attitude."

"Reduce costs by keeping low-paid employees."

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"Independent."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"See any job as a step-stone to some other company."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"Rigid rules."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen and don't talk."

"A vibrant work environment."

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"Access to current hardware and software."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Company has been bought out and does not exist."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"Sunday and late Friday evening travel."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen and don't talk."

"Well, it's their beach ball and I guess they can play with it anyway they want."

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"It was a great place to work when they first bought U.S. Labs but became very process driven. One spent more time writing and reviewing reports then with clients."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You're on your own."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"The European culture was and is very different than ours. Too many processes. Too many meetings."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Sell it back to Americans or have an American oversee the North American operations. The current leader is out of touch."

"Love crazy unreasonable manager, this is the place for you."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"The place really needs a management culture overhaul."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Quit."

"Unrealistic management style - needs overhaul."

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"Enjoyed my role and what I could contribute to."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Stay away unless you are not getting a job anywhere else."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"Crazy management style that believes they can achieve goals by eliminating senior experienced staff and use low paid junior staff. There is a management tendency to have everyone take on 3 to 4 roles at the least and expect them to do them right - 16 hours a day."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get real about what you want to achieve and how you can achieve it."